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Former teacher from Wallington jailed for sex offences against boy
A former teacher from Wallington as been found guilty of sexually abusing a boy. Brian Johncock denied the four counts, all of which related to the same victim, but was found guilty by a jury. The 79-year-old, of Cowper Gardens in Wallington, appeared at Lewes Crown...
Former Christ’s Hospital teacher jailed for sex assaults against children
Police said Gary Dobbie, who was also chaplain at the independent school near Horsham, has been found guilty of four counts of sexual assaults against a boy more than 20 years ago. The 67-year-old was convicted of 15 other historical sex offences against other...
Former Royal Ballet star Stephen Beagley who sexually abused girls is jailed for 10 years
Aformer Royal Ballet star who sexually abused three young girls he taught in private dance lessons has been jailed for 10 years. Stephen Beagley, 62, was a trailblazing classical dancer in the 1970s and 1980s,with lead roles in Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, Romeo and...
Paedophile primary teacher from Chester jailed for abusing schoolgirls
Despite being twice warned by senior staff after allegations of inappropriate behaviour Charles Ellis - a former keeper at Chester Zoo - continued touching young girls until one victim finally revealed to police what had been happening. The 60-year-old was convicted...
Peter Turner: Former Ampleforth College monk jailed for child abuse
A former monk at a Catholic boarding school who sexually abused three boys aged under 13 has been jailed for more than 20 years. Peter Turner, 80, of Redcar, admitted 14 charges including indecent assault, gross indecency and another serious sexual offence. The...
Care home owner John Allen guilty of child sex abuse
Local Authority and Foster Parent
A former care home owner, already serving a life sentence for child sex abuse, has been found guilty of more historical offences against boys. John Allen, who ran several Bryn Alyn community children's homes in Wrexham, was convicted of eight charges relating to five...
Sean Aldridge – Havant teacher jailed for sex offences against four pupils
Sean Aldridge, 37, a former teacher at Warblington School in Havant, Hampshire, was found guilty of 24 counts of sexual activity with a child. Jurors heard some of the offences took place while he was on paternity leave. The court heard he had previously been...
Wirral primary school teacher convicted of sex assaults
A primary school teacher has been found guilty of sexually assaulting pupils at a school on Merseyside. Charles Ellis, 60, of Upton, Chester, was convicted of ten counts of sexually assaulting girls aged between seven and 10 at Liverpool Crown Court. He was cleared of...
Warnham church ‘predatory paedophile’ jailed for historic child abuse
Music teacher Andrew Wilson convinced parents to let him spend time alone with their children and then abused them, Lewes Crown Court heard today. Many of the historic offences took place while he worked at St Margaret’s Church in Warnham. He was convicted of 19 sex...
Chichester vicar jailed for ‘this is what God wants’ abuse
A former vicar who sexually abused a woman and a girl, who he told "it was what God wanted", has been jailed for eight years. Meirion Griffiths, 81, was convicted of four counts of indecent assault last month following a six-day retrial. He had moved to Perth in...
Ex-teacher Hubert Hallman jailed for 1960s child abuse
Hubert Hallman, 82, admitted four counts of indecent assault against a pupil while he was a French teacher at the Stroud School in Romsey, Hampshire. Southampton Crown Court heard his "traumatised victim" came forward in 2017 following high-profile child sex abuse...
Ex-staff member of Hampshire children’s home jailed for abuse
Local Authority and Foster Parent
A former staff member at a children’s home has been jailed for 15 years for child abuse dating back to the 1980s. Willy Gillham was sentenced at Southampton crown court after being found guilty of four counts of serious sexual offences against a boy under the age of...
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